Remember that small, consistent progress over time adds up

I was getting a little discouraged about my side project last month. I was busy with other things so I wasn't shipping new features, and I have basically put my marketing on autopilot. I couldn't cancel a couple services I signed up for and didn't really need (because the 12-month commitment seemed like such a great deal!) so my project was even further from profitable than I hoped.

I sat back and took a little time off from it - doing just the minimum to keep it running. Leads continued trickling in, and it got a few random shares from others on Twitter. I looked at my stats for October and I realized I've now doubled revenue from 3 months ago. It's still not a lot of money, but it's measurable progress!

My point is that with side projects, you're probably not sitting on a rocket ship - those stories get lots of attention, but believe me, they're rare - but you can make progress over time if you're consistently doing just a little every month. Having just a few paying users is super motivating because you have people you can talk to about what to build next, you have marketing channels that might bring in even more people, and you are not alone anymore.

Keep working at it, my friends 👍